Karim Smith of the Jamaica Observer is reporting that Jamaica will have a Junior Achievement Biztown (JA Biztown), a model business town in which 5th graders will be allowed to run their own businesses while learning the basics o...

Teo Kermeliotis and Jessica Ellis of CNN are reporting that Chance Tubane and Patience Nduwawe, siblings who were orphaned during the Rwandan genocide in 1994. The siblings were reunited a decade after the genocide and are now wor...

BBC News is reporting that Anatoly Pakhomov, mayor of Sochi, site of the 2014 Winter Olympics, has said that no gay people live in Sochi. The author writes: “Anatoly Pakhomov said homosexuals were welcome at the Games –...

Toby Shapshack of Stuff Magazine, has compiled a list of 15 African Tech Startups to watch for CNN International. Shapshak is a technology journalist based in Johannesburg where he writes about tech and innovation in Africa. He s...

Rich Vos made history as the first white comic to perform on HBO’s hit series Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam. The 56-year-old is one of many comedians whose appearance on the show led to him becoming a recognizable t...

BBC News Africa is reporting that members of the Association of Miners and Construction Trade Union (AMCU) are on strike. AMCU, which is the largest union in mining in the platinum sector is striking against the world’s top ...

Referred to as the ‘face and voice of Africa,’ BBC presenter Komla Dumor has died of a heart attack. In an effort to rebuff the stereotypical views of Africa in the news, Dumor pioneered and championed the Africa Busi...

AlJazeera is reporting that the Central African Republic (CAR) has appointed the mayor of Bangui Catherine Samba-Panza to be interim president, as the European Union agreed to send 500 soldiers to help stabilize the country. Nearl...

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